Looking for tutorials on how to remove blemishes in Photoshop? This short guide should help you get a clearer face for your model in no time!
No matter your subject’s skin tone or how many blemishes they have, Photoshop is ready to help retouch your portrait photography.
Of course, it's not always necessary to remove acne from pictures, but it's wonderful to have the choice, whether in Photoshop or another image-editing program, to remove imperfections.
First choice: The Spot Healing Brush Tool
The Spot Healing Brush is the simplest tool to use if you've been wondering how to remove pimples in Photoshop, let alone birthmarks, moles, or sensor dust.
When you click on a spot to "heal," the Spot Healing Brush takes a sample of the texture around the acne and combines it with the tone and color of that area.
In many instances, you'll just need one click to eliminate real "spots" from your image, especially if the imperfection isn't close to an area of high contrast.
To get started, right-click on the bandage in the left-hand toolbar to bring up the Healing Brush tool menu. From there, choose the Spot Healing Brush tool. (If your healing brush settings are already set to "Spot Healing Brush," just type "j" instead.)
Choose a brush size that is just a bit larger than the mark you wish to erase next. Even smaller is preferable to the one used below.
The spot vanishes with a single click or paint stroke.
Choose a brush size that is just a bit larger than the mark you wish to erase next. Even smaller is preferable to the one used below.
The spot vanishes with a single click or paint stroke.
When used carefully, the Spot Healing Brush tool essentially preserves the grain of the image. The spots you want to get rid of must be in an area that is equally toned for the best results.
The normal Healing Brush tool is frequently a better option for more challenging spot removal or marks in places where you wish to keep a gradient.
Second choice: the Healing Brush Tool
You can choose where the brush samples come from when using the Healing Brush tool, which is a little different from the Spot Healing Brush.
Since you have to select the sample points, it's not nearly as quick as the Spot Healing Brush, but it may be very useful when working with larger marks or in places where there is a gradient of shade.
Since the mark in this example covers a big region, having exact sample locations helps match the shadows.
First, click the healing brush symbol on the left and then choose the second of the four choices (the band-aid). Again, you may just press "j" if you are already set to the Healing Brush tool.
Next, place your cursor over the sample point you wish to start with and then click using the Option key.
I started with a sample point in this picture that was a little bit above and to the left of the mark. I then carefully clicked twice over the mark's upper-left corner.
You run the risk of muddying up the situation if you paint rather than use individual clicks.
I took a sample for the bottom-left that was in line with the bottom-left of the mark. To ensure that everything matches as closely as possible, make sure to get your sample points as close to the mark as you can.
The complexity of the area surrounding the blemish you're trying to erase and the required image quality will determine how long this operation will take.
If not handled carefully, either of these healing brushes can remove texture or fine details. Images that are only intended for the web typically won't show it, but if you want to print them, you'll need to take extra care.
Everything that isn't right near a high-contrast area can be removed quite effectively with the Healing Brush and the Spot Healing Brush.
Third choice: Use Luminar
Check out the well-known image editor Luminar if you don't have a copy of Photoshop, are short on time, or simply want a lot simpler and quicker approach to retouching portraits and erasing flaws.
With a "results-based" approach to tools, Luminar's approach is more user-friendly than Photoshop's, which necessitates knowledge of specialized tools (and competence therein).
In Luminar, an entire toolbar titled "Portrait Enhancer" is offered in place of tools with unclear titles. It has tools for "red eye removal," "eye whitening," "dark circle removal," and other things; everything in it is what you see.
Because of this, it's ideal for beginning retouchers who need a quick and easy technique to get rid of zits and other skin blemishes from their portrait clients.
Conclusions
There you have it, then. That is how to use Photoshop's Spot Healing Brush or its more powerful sibling, the Healing Brush, to get rid of acne, birthmarks, moles, and other minor skin blemishes.
These are the Photoshop tools to use for minor imperfections like pimples and moles. For more complicated blemishes, you may need to utilize the Clone and Stamp tool.
Finally, I strongly advise you to check out Luminar if you want to expedite the procedure and allow the picture editing program handleto all the laborious work for you.